I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SALES OF “DEPENDS” AND FOLEY CATHETERS HAVE TRIPLED…..RSK December 28, 2009 Department of Homeland Security Issues Terrorist ID Cards Requires Application, $25 Fee WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In the wake of the Christmas Day airline terror attempt, the Department of Homeland Security today said it was instituting a bold […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/29/pruden-most-important-civil-right-of-all//print/ Well, to paraphrase a famous president of a slightly earlier time, “you’re doing a heckuva job, Janet.” That goes for everybody at the White House. If Barack Obama wants to reassure a nervous public that bureaucratic incompetence won’t be tolerated, he might look to the example of what happened to the director of FEMA […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/29/justice-transfers-panthers-pursuer-out-of-dc-offic//print/ Justice transfers Panthers pursuer out of D.C. office Jerry Seper The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year’s elections has been removed from his post and transferred to […]
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-schoenfeld29-2009dec29,0,3289646,print.story Politics and the no-fly list The agencies that maintain watch lists have come under withering criticism that rights are being abused, which may have led to the under-inclusion of potential terrorists. By Gabriel Schoenfeld December 29, 2009 The case of the alleged Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is being called a massive intelligence failure. […]
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/ashoura-respect-it.html We seek broader engagement based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, we will bridge misunderstanding, and we will seek common ground. We will be respectful even when we do not agree. Barrack Hussein  Indian Muslims flagellate themselves on Ashura, in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. A Muslim girl […]
http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=eb88f708-c080-49c4-ab13-f981f6b63d2d&t=c Malfunctions Cal Thomas Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Had it not been for a malfunctioning detonator, nearly 300 people traveling on a Christmas Day flight might have perished. Only the faulty device, along with some fast-acting passengers, prevented a disaster. But the detonator was not the only malfunction in this near-catastrophe. Government also broke down. […]
http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2009/12/28/over-reaction-and-profiling/?iid=tsmodule On Northwest Flight 253, Overreaction — and Racial Profiling? Posted by Steven Gray Sunday’s incident – or non-incident – aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit raises some key questions: Did passengers overreact – and engage in racial profiling? Here are the key details: During Sunday’s flight to Detroit, a Nigerian businessman […]
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=9434065 Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S. Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007 By BRIAN ROSS, JOSEPH RHEE and REHAB EL-BURI Dec. 28, 2009 — Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow […]
http://www.skatingonstilts.com/skating-on-stilts/2009/12/security-fails.html Six Uncomfortable Answers We’ve got answers to some of my questions from yesterday. And they aren’t very comforting. All in all, they remind me of the saying that the small scandals in Washington are what’s illegal, but the real scandal is what’s legal. So, there were ways in which our air security system didn’t […]
http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001078.html  AMAZING VIDEO – IRANIAN PROTESTERS SAVE MEN FROM HANGING, THEN GET SHOT Western media coverage of the ongoing events in Iran continues to be very disappointing, and the virtual silence by Western government spokesmen is truly disheartening. The increasing unrest there has potentially enormous consequences far beyond Iran’s borders. There now seems to […]
